1892 Mason & Hamlin Reed Organ Repair Part 1

I found this Mason & Hamlin reed organ in an antique store and decided to bring it home. Follow along as I make some repairs to make it a playable instrument.

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

My Dad repaired an old reed organ once, the biggest issue was hunting down all the leaks! When restored and properly working however they are lovely instruments.

[@kylkim93]

Having you show how the reed organ operates gave me flashbacks to 2012-2013 when I spend days watching your Sabre series, learning a lot about maintenance and bike building in the process. Learned enough to get my own NX650, start wrenching and eventually got to work at a shop as well. Many thanks for the education! I'll definitely be referring to this video if I ever have to fix the reed organ we have at the childhood home. :)

[@HackaweekTV]

That's awesome!

[@DoRC]

It's good to see the first part of this. I was really confused when I was watching the last video thinking I had missed something

[@yokeloeulci8001]

This is great! Thanks! I have one of these which must be 60 years younger, and not as beautiful, but for all intents and purposes is identical. Will be opening it up soon.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Reed Organ is very expressive by how hard you pump the Bellows (which are in this case operated by Pedals), just like the Accordion. A Luttbeg Double Keybard Accordion (or something similar to that) would be a fun one to try because there's not as many moving parts as a Regular Accordion so they're super lightweight, plus you can cover any Piano Sheet Music (even Realized Continuo parts of works that have them such as BWV 248, BWV 244, etc & the Barenreiter Editions are amazing due to their ease of redability & being true to the Original Manuscript.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

It's an Octave Coupler which couples the Notes w/ the Notes an Octave above (sometimes an Octave below as well depending on the Model).

[@ЧеславРадюль]

Hi. Мне нравится ваш подход к реставрации этого инструмента. Браво. Лайк и подписка на Ваш канал. Удачи.

[@ElectronicInspiration]

5:00 it looks like that nail slipped from the split in the block of wood next to it. makes sense as that piece is diagonal

[@glennmcclellan8853]

Very cool project!

[@catasstrophy2316]

I have one of these that I'm gonna repair as a little summer project. Barely playable but it should be fun to fix. Mine's a mason and hamlin as well. It was found in a dump in 2000, no idea how old it was at the time but it had clearly been used for a long time and then probably sat around for a long time as well before being thrown out. After it was discovered it was taken to a local town's church and used for nearly twenty years until it became too... well, "crap" for lack of a better word, to be used. It sat in an old lady's foyer until received it from her free of charge in 2023. All I gotta do now is tear it apart and repair it. Easy lol

[@HackaweekTV]

Go for it! Hope the video helps.

[@chaussetteknot]

I've just gotten a 1930s Kimball that I'm about to restore. How did your summer project go? I'd love an update!

[@catasstrophy2316]

@@chaussetteknot Unfortunately life got in the way and I never got the spare time to fix it up :( Hopefully get it next year though! It's not like I can forget about it, it's the first thing you see when you walk in my front door lol

[@miorieser3210]

Super gemacht! 👌👌

[@sarathai2876]

With all those parts that Oregon must have cost a fortune. Can't wait to watch part 2 Happy Thanksgiving

[@HackaweekTV]

Part 2 is up. Accidentally uploaded it first last week! :) Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

[@davidbus159]

Grade school glue in the 70’s! Lol. Made from Mr. Ed’s hooves, apparently.

[@davidazzopardi5799]

Been following you for ages, love how your content is so diverse. Learnt so much from you on the cb750 build, did a heap of DYI fixes on mine using your videos. Do you still have the 750?

[@HackaweekTV]

Sold it to a loving buyer. :)

[@MasonHamlinOrgans]

Hi. We welcome any questions on my website or Facebook group Reed Organ Tech

[@ibsoarin]

This Mason & Hamlin reed organ seems to have a superior design and quality. I hope to restore a Mason & Hamlin one day.

[@sammysock]

I have an issue with the strap that links a pedal to the bellows. The other pedal is fine, but I can't work out how to take it apart to fix the otber strap!

[@bolajiobembe]

Would it be helpful to use a leaf blower to rid the insides of accumulated dust?

[@HackaweekTV]

Sure

[@ganeshmestry...gmcreationp270]

Price

[@pauljosephus697]

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